Beekse Bergen

The husband and I have raging head colds at the moment ...add to that a sleepless night thanks to fireworks (it sounded like our house was being shelled by Sherman tanks) , but the thought of sitting home all day with bored kids was unthinkable so we dragged ourselves out to Beekse Bergen Safari Park in Tilburg.  The weather was very cold but sunny and so quite pleasant to be out and the park itself was quiet being New Years day.  I think the kids enjoyed the outdoor play area more than anything and another highlight was a giraffe eating leaves off our car.  Some of the animals we saw were cheetahs, tigers, lions, hartebeest, gemsbok, zebra, giraffe, reindeer, red pandas, ostrich, rino, eagle, cranes, gorilla and various other small monkeys.  Apparently in mid 2014 they are getting crocs and hippos. You can go on safari here by car, bus or boat.

Jumping on the south African flag

 A delicious apple cake and tea at the restaurant...we were quite dutch and had a car picnic of sandwiches and crisps as well.

and NO, I don't think we call the loo Vroukies Kakhuis in south Africa...we are not that rude and spelt wrong too...funny though

Some beautiful habitats for the animals.